I wish Elecraft made a 1.5 kW version! Vic 4X6GP
> On 11 Dec 2016, at 05:03, Tim Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've experimented with many auto tuners over the years many different > companies and always had issues of one type or another that led to them not > being a satisfactory solution. I live on a small lot and my compromise > antenna (for bands other that 10/15/20) is a 110 Ft long dipole fed with > about 30 feet of 300 ohm line through a 1:1 W2FMI balun. The KAT500 is the > first tuner that will tune (at least make my transceiver happy) on all > bands. After "training" it on all bands and segments, it will "snap" into a > tuned condition immediately upon hitting the key or talking on SSB. I used > it in the recent ARRL 160 contest and it worked great. I bypassed the balun > and tied the feed line together and operated it against ground. I never once > had to touch the tuner, it just tuned as I moved up and down the band and > called the stations. A bit of a cloud warmer for sure, but managed 240 qso's > with the dipole up about 28 feet. > > > > I just wanted to let others who might be in the same situation as I am in > know how well the tuner works. I use the KPA500 amp at about 300 watts or so > and this setup works great. > > > > 73 > > Tim > > NZ8J > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
